]]>https://dotdev.co/locking-compass-flash-drive/feed/09311Playdate – A new handheld video game system by Panichttps://dotdev.co/playdate/
https://dotdev.co/playdate/#respondThu, 23 May 2019 11:16:22 +0000https://dotdev.co/?p=9324It's small, it's yellow, it has a crank, and no backlight, but it still looks amazing and should be a unique gaming experience.]]>

Playdate is a new handheld video game system by Panic, the makers of many apps like Transmit, Coda, Firewatch, and more.

It’s small, it’s yellow, it has a crank, and no backlight, but it still looks amazing and should be a unique gaming experience.

Playdate video game system

Playdate is both very familiar, and totally new. It’s yellow, and fits perfectly in a pocket. It has a black-and-white screen with high reflectivity, a crystal-clear image, and no backlight. And of course, it has Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, USB-C, and a headphone jack. But it also has a crank. Yes, a crank: a cute, rotating analog controller that flips out from the side. It’s literally revolutionary.

There’s more: Playdate includes games — a full season of them. The games will be delivered over-the-air, once a week for 12 weeks, and they’ll be a surprise: when the new game light flashes, you’ll never know what you’re about to play. Panic recruited some of the world’s best game designers — some well known; others under the radar — to make games exclusively for our system. Playdate isn’t just hardware: it’s a complete experience.

Playdate will ship in early 2020, with pre-orders anticipated in late 2019 for $149. You can find more about the game system on their website and also signup to be notified as soon as it’s available.

]]>https://dotdev.co/tailwind-intellisense/feed/09314Take control of your privacy with Jumbohttps://dotdev.co/jumbo/
https://dotdev.co/jumbo/#respondTue, 21 May 2019 16:51:06 +0000https://dotdev.co/?p=9321Jumbo is a new iOS app that aims to help you protect your privacy on various apps and services. ]]>

Jumbo is a new iOS app that aims to help you protect your privacy on various apps and services. Currently, this includes: Facebook, Twitter, Google Search, and Alexa but more are planned. With Jumbo, everything runs locally and is only stored on your device.

With Twitter, it deletes old tweets, then privately backs them up, accessible only by you, on your Jumbo app. With Facebook, it will help manage all the privacy settings, and with Google and Alexa, it’ll clean your saved searches and voice recordings.

Right now the app is free but they plan to make premium features in the future to help sustain the development of the app. If you want to take back control of your privacy give Jumbo a look.

]]>https://dotdev.co/jumbo/feed/09321Simplify Gmail Browser Extensionhttps://dotdev.co/simplify-gmail/
Mon, 20 May 2019 13:46:37 +0000https://dotdev.co/?p=9271Simplify Gmail is a Chrome or Firefox browser extension that brings the simplicity of Google Inbox to Gmail. Michael Leggett is the creator of the extension who was previously Gmail’s lead designer from 2008 to 2012 and co-founded Google Inbox. So it’s made by someone with deep knowledge of the product. If you miss the simplicity […]]]>

Simplify Gmail is a Chrome or Firefox browser extension that brings the simplicity of Google Inbox to Gmail. Michael Leggett is the creator of the extension who was previously Gmail’s lead designer from 2008 to 2012 and co-founded Google Inbox. So it’s made by someone with deep knowledge of the product.

If you miss the simplicity of Google Inbox then Simplify Gmail might be the closest you’ll be able to get. You can find more information on its website which includes links to download the extension in the different browsers.

]]>9271SynthWave ’84 – VS Code themehttps://dotdev.co/synthwave84-vscode-theme/
Fri, 17 May 2019 12:00:45 +0000https://dotdev.co/?p=9259Love the 80's as much as James Halliday? Want to relive the 80's spirit every time you open your code editor? Now you can, with the Synthwave '84 VS Code theme]]>

Love the 80’s as much as James Halliday? Want to relive the 80’s spirit every time you open your code editor? Now you can, with the Synthwave ’84 VS Code theme by Robb Owen.

This colour scheme is influenced by the music and the cover artwork of modern Synthwave bands like FM-84, Timecop 1983 and The Midnight. By association, that means I’ve also taken heavy influence from the excellent retro-tinged artwork of James White.

As you can see from the screenshot, it’s a very unique theme and pretty sweet color pallet. You can grab this theme from the VS Code Marketplace, just note the glow effect is considered experimental. Install this today, fire up the Kung Fury soundtrack, and get to coding!

]]>9268Beehivehttps://dotdev.co/beehive/
https://dotdev.co/beehive/#respondWed, 15 May 2019 18:00:10 +0000https://dotdev.co/?p=9298Beehive is an open source system like Zapier or IFTTT that is written in Go]]>

Beehive is an event and agent system, which allows you to create your own agents that perform automated tasks triggered by events and filters. For an easier description, it’s like an open source Zapier or IFTTT.

Here are a few examples of things Beehive can do:

Re-post tweets on your Tumblr blog

Forward incoming chat messages to your email account

Turn on the heating system if the temperature drops below a particular degree

Run your own IRC bot that lets you trigger builds on a Jenkins CI

Control your Hue lighting system

Notify you when a stock’s price drops below a specific value

Plus many more.

It has a whole lot more integrations or hives as they call them, to give you a vast amount of options and flexibility. Beehive is written in Go, and the GitHub project includes everything you need to get started using this including a prebuilt Docker image.

]]>https://dotdev.co/beehive/feed/09298Taskbook – Manage your todo’s from the CLIhttps://dotdev.co/taskbook-manage-your-todos-from-the-cli/
https://dotdev.co/taskbook-manage-your-todos-from-the-cli/#respondTue, 14 May 2019 22:21:03 +0000https://dotdev.co/?p=9264Taskbook is an open source tool that allows you to manage tasks and notes right from your terminal. Here is how they describe the tool: By utilizing a simple and minimal usage syntax, that requires a flat learning curve, taskbook enables you to effectively manage your tasks and notes across multiple boards from within your […]]]>

Taskbook is an open source tool that allows you to manage tasks and notes right from your terminal. Here is how they describe the tool:

By utilizing a simple and minimal usage syntax, that requires a flat learning curve, taskbook enables you to effectively manage your tasks and notes across multiple boards from within your terminal. All data are written atomically to the storage in order to prevent corruptions, and are never shared with anyone or anything. Deleted items are automatically archived and can be inspected or restored at any moment.

Once installed you use a tb command to fire off the app and use a simple syntax to create and manage your tasks. For example, to create a new task:

tb -t Improve documentation

Where I feel this breaks down a little is when you want to complete a task. You’ll need the task ID and then use a -b flag. For example,​ this would complete task 3:

tb -c 3​

For those that live in the terminal all day this tool is worth checking out. You can find complete details and installation instructions over on GitHub

]]>https://dotdev.co/taskbook-manage-your-todos-from-the-cli/feed/09264Tailwind CSS V1https://dotdev.co/tailwind-css-v1/
https://dotdev.co/tailwind-css-v1/#respondMon, 13 May 2019 15:28:49 +0000https://dotdev.co/?p=9290Tailwind CSS just released v1.0 to great fanfare. It’s not often a new framework comes out that is both useful and a joy to work with, but Tailwind is that. In fact, this very site is running Tailwind with WordPress and it’s been a joy to use and the more you use it the easier […]]]>

Tailwind CSS just released v1.0 to great fanfare. It’s not often a new framework comes out that is both useful and a joy to work with, but Tailwind is that.

In fact, this very site is running Tailwind with WordPress and it’s been a joy to use and the more you use it the easier new projects became because you memorize the naming patterns. It’s definitely a tool I recommend and if you haven’t used​ it yet, give it a try on a real-world project before forming an opinion if you love or hate it. I didn’t get the benefit until I gave it a serious try.